Robert Andrzejczak (center) is introduced as a candidate for state Assembly by Sen. Jeff Van Drew (left) and Assemblyman Nelson Albano at the Cosmopolitan Restaurant in Vineland on Thursday.

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Joseph P. Smith
New Jersey Press Media

Assemblyman Matthew Milam announced his immediate resignation Thursday, yielding his unexpired term representing the 1st Legislative District - as well as his endorsement - to a souldier badly wounded in Iraq.

Cape May County resident Robert Andrzejczak, a former Army sergeant who lost his left leg above the knee in a grenade attack, is expected to be seated in the Assembly this month.

Milam made his first run for the Assembly in the 2007 campaign, as a replacement for state Sen. Jeff Van Drew in that seat. Van Drew was making an ultimately successful run for state Senate. Milam was paired with ...